This is very thought provoking for me. For as long as I could remember I saw mankind as a species that sucks the life out of everything good pure or anything with natural beauty. Although, there are many wonderful things mankind can accomplish when we work together. A perfect example would be building a bridge or building. Take Rome for example. For thousands of years mankind has proven themselves more than enough, demonstrating that the impossible can be possible if you just put your mind to it.

The section highlighted gives examples as to why Sir Thomas Browne's writes in the style he does. In this section, we not only find out that he was THE FIRST autobiographer, but, he also describes himself within the text. I'm surprised it took hundreds of years in order for mankind to write about themselves.

Now that I have more knowledge on Pilate, I would say he is a doubtful believer in the truth as is I am to be a doubtful reader.

This is the most overthought piece of information I have ever read in one passage, and for Richard Hooker to be able to discuss the ideas of the laws of ecclesiastical polity entirely amazes me. I still feel like no matter how much you analyse the text you would have a hard time coming to your conclusion.

Is there really a correct way of saying something? According to the Iambic Pentameter, there are more than a few ways of distinguishing the stressed syllable within a word. "Iambic" in particular refers to the first syllable pf a word as stressed. Well, what about those with non-similar accents? If a person from Los Angeles were to attempt to say the same word as someone from Virginia just in different accents, I ask which syllable would be stressed more than the other?

"A joining or combination and, consequently, something once so joined or combined that stands for or represents...the entire complex." This annotation stood out to me for the simple fact of its relation to Epithalamion a poem written by Edmund Spencer. As shown in Spencer's piece, you could dissect the poem of its contents and compare the similarities of symbolism.

What I got out of this is poem is the events leading up to a wedding. The wedding to be is not authors wedding based on how he speaks when he says things like "her with his two happy hands", but however, the wedding could be of someone who's near and dear to the writer.